On Aug. 16, 1996, a crowd of visitors at Brookfield Zoo looked on in horror as they saw a toddler tumble more than 15 feet into a habitat, landing near seven gorillas. But as zoo patrons cried out … ...

Updated 08/16/11 - 6:26 p.m. BROOKFIELD, Ill. (CBS)-- A boy, now 18 years old, owes his life to the maternal instincts of a gorilla at Brookfield Zoo. As WBBM Newsradio's Regine Schlesinger ...

The incident, which occurred in 1996, saw a boy fall into a gorilla enclosure at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, US. The little lad was saved by a mum gorilla named Binti Jua, who carried him to safety ...

Brookfield Zoo's new Tropical Forests opens July 11, featuring free-roaming primates and a stunning waterfall, creating an ...

One such moment happened over two decades ago at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, when Binti Jua, a 160-pound female gorilla, ...

WASHINGTON — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is mourning the sudden death of its four-day-old bottlenose dolphin calf . The male ...

Flamingos have returned to Brookfield Zoo for the first time since 1997. The “flaminglets” can be seen at the zoo’s swamp habitat and during daily outdoor appearances.